Status Quo Sunday GETS READY TO RUMBLE!!!

AFO RUMBLE!
Yes, I'm all set for Anime Festival Orlando this weekend, there's an event page for the show, and you can pre-register here:
Sign up now to get a later spot!
 

THIS WEEK'S JAM:

Boy, it's sad how relevant this song is across the pond and 5 years later. The Republican and Democratic National Conventions are winding down, and I am among the many disappointed that voted for Bernie Sanders and came up short.

A lot of my friends are voting 3rd party because they prefer to "Vote With Their Conscience", but that attitude is what got Nixon and Bush Jr. into office.


Trump is all the bullshit of the Republican Party coming home to roost, and if all of this pent up rage and bluster is rejected by the American people, then hopefully that will cause them to finally calm the fuck down and take some time off.

FUTURE CON THINGIES:
Anime Festival Orlando:
The AFO RUMBLE!
Saturday July 30th, 2016
11:15 in the Lime Room (Panel 1) on Saturday!

Get ready to rumble in the hypest fake wrestling event that Florida has ever seen! 30 combatants enter fighting for glory in WWF No Mercy, one leaves with the championship belt and a special prize!
 
If you pre-register here, you will get a later spot in the rumble, increasing your chances of winning!
https://goo.gl/forms/MvBdzy4xV4eA4uup2

Iwai Mini:
Sunday, August 8th, 2016
Bastard No Rhythm Rockademia
3:30 in Main Events

This is a ploy to get more eyeballs on my event, but it's my first show in a few months! I will be premiering a new song at Iwai Mini. Yes, the Overwatch one.

Mizucon:
August 19th-21st, 2016
TBD

Still waiting on a schedule for this one, but it is on the docket!

Echo Chamber 117 Post Game

PAHK YAH CAH IN HARVAHD YAHD!

-Rick Scott, Voldemort lookalike and Florida Governor, is a vehment Climate Change and Global Warning denier, thinking thart "THE LAWS THAT GOVERN OUR FUCKING UNIVERSE" is the same thing as an invisible sky man. 
And now he's forbidden government offices to use the term, even though it's a real thing, but thiScott doesn't want to upset his industrial backers, so FUCK HIM.

-In response to that, have some lava cake:



-Freezepop JEM!


-Frank Turner's I Still Believe music video.

Yo, I legit cried at work when I saw this news. Rock Band has been the focal point of so much for the past ALMOST decade, and it's coming back.

-While I have to get an Xbone, and I've got a lot of games in my backlog for 360, I guess it can be my Rock Band AND Magic: Duels Of The Planeswalkers machine.

If I can draft in this new MTG game, I'd be SO HYPED YOU GUYS.

-The downloadable Rock Band thing would only make sense if there's backwards comparability with instruments and DLC. But hopefully this is going to be HUGE in brick and mortar store if its to be successful.

-"You can't hold a grudge against someone who's dead"- Mystakin

-"The internet isn't a country!"- Arcanon
"It's THE BEST COUNTRY! It has porn and lava cake!"-Rhythm Bastard

-NEW MUSE! "Psycho"

Right off the bat, it sounds like a Buckcherry or My Darkest Days or any of the other shit bands my brother listens to. Then Matt Bellamy's vocals come in, and mellows out a bit. Still, it reminds me of Uprising. Yeah, it's the same band, but for someone that's as unique as Muse, it's a little
Still, it fucking rules and should be in Rock Band 4.

-Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes:


-The (concept of the) Magic Circle!


-PAXAMANIA which will probably end up better than Wrestlemania Play Button.

Now I want to do this at the next con I play at.

-YUGIOH PRO is a FREE PROGRAM. Between this and Duel Network, YuGiOh has Magic and Pokemon TCG BEAT when it comes to "free thing I can play and test decks on".

Cockatrice is fine to test decks on, but the fact that Wizards of the Coast has slowly been hovering on the "DETONATE" button regarding that program, makes it way less convenient.

Echo Chamber Post Game Episode 54

THIS EPISODE WILL TRICKLE DOWN FROM YOUR INTERNET TO YOUR EARS

-Thatcher x Reagan x Ayn Rand is my OT3 :) ;) ==D~

-But we all know who Thatcher's really into:

No lie, this is one catchy song, and just as applicable Stateside

-Here's the song "We've Got A Bigger Problem Now"


-Regarding the 2DS:
If it's more powerful than the regular DS and we could be getting better looking portable games, I'd be down. But the thing is, I used my old DS for a music player, and for gaming on the go. I know the rest of the Echo Crew doubted it, but a closed DSLite was among the things I'd leave the house with, along with my wallet/keys/watch combo.

On the toilet, (LET'S FACE IT , WE ALL DO IT), I use the speakers, but on the bus/train/car, I'd use headphones.

Though Jeff's "$130 Pokemon Machine" does hit the nail RIGHT on the head.

-Wow, we went from Wii U to talks about about Socialism. Why does everyone hate on Socialists? They would be a lot of fun at parties.

-To those of you even further behind, here's the SparkNotes for Animal Farm. This is a companion to our podcast as much as it is my ramblings.

-ANIMECOW IS LATE FOR SCHOOL PART 3:
As Goku and Piccilo fought Dark Sephrioth Goku the Stampede when they were going all Super Saiyan and stuff, thoughts clouded Arcanon's mind...

"This seems familiar... I remember... I remember it WITH MY BRAIN!!" he said as his swirly glasses swirled a lot and he remembered important things from last night...

AnimeCow, Arcanon and Jeff were hanging out at Arcanons house, watching game shows. It was Family Feud, and Steve Harvey was hosting. Somebody answered something really stupid and Steve Harvey wondered if it was too late to break from the contract that he signed.

"Man, are these people drunk?" asked Jeff. "I'd never drink EVER. TRUPUNX ARE STRAIGHTEDGE!!"

"You said it!" said Arcanon. "It would interfere with our studies! Which is the most important thing!"

"I thought it was developing the Mystical Power that we all conveniently have" said AnimeCow. "You know, the ones that help us defeat the Greatest Evil Known To Man?"

"No, all I have are these glasses that are swirling all the time" said Arcanon, taking off his swirly glasses. Unfortunately, he then saw a hellish landscape before him that was so horrifying I couldn't be bothered to write what it looked like. So then he put his glasses back on. "Ughh... Remind me to buy some weed from those kindgarteners tomorrow."

"Well, I have this wicked sweet beard!" said Jeff, who is 15, but has the beard because he is half 15, half 3000 year old wolf spirit.

Their attentions were turned back to the TV, where there was another episode of Family Feud on. but it was with Richard Karn, meaning it wasn't as good so they all played a round Monsters: The Dueling, the popular card game that is apparently the most important thing ever, and tried to forget that Home Improvement ever existed.

Meanwhile, Mystakin stood outside the house going "Baka Cow-chan...with his baka gameshows. NOT LIKE I WANTED TO WATCH THEM OR ANYTHING... HE WAS IN MY WAY"

Earlier that day...
"Hey, Stakin-sama! Want to watch game shows at Arcanon-senpai's house tonight?" asked Anime Cow.
"NO!" yelled Mystakin as he pushed AnimeCow into the lockers and stormed off.


Meanwhile...
Suddenly, a large buff wizard tapped Mystakin on the shoulder. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOUNG MAN?"

"Watching these gaijin watch their kawaii game shows desu! Baka Cow!"

"WHO IS THIS... COW... YOU SPEAK OF?"

"Only the biggest jerk that has the Mystical Power that can stop the greatest threat to mankind! Buttface"

"HMMM... THAT IS I, DARK SEPHIROTH GOKU THE STAMPEDE!!! THE GREATEST THREAT TO MANKIND!!!" said Dark Sephiroth Goku The Stampede, the Greatest Threat To Mankind. "AND IF I GET HIM OUT OF THE WAY... I COULD TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!!"

"I... guess...?" said Mystakin, walking away. Dark Sephiroth Goku The Stampede laughed evilly as he hatched an evil plan.

After the game shows were over, the three friends went their separate ways. On his way out, Jeff found a bottle of Dewar's on the lawn outside. "Hey Arcanon! Is this yours?"

"No, I don't know who left it there! You can keep it!"

"Well, TRUPUNX ARE STRAIGHTEDGE, but I guess I'll take it home anyway!"

"I have to go get a good night's rest!" said AnimeCow. "I want to make sure I'm on time for school!"

However, when AnimeCow fell asleep that night, Dark Sephiroth Goku The Stampede snuck into his room, while he was completely unconcious and vulnerable, and adjusted his alarm clock so that AnimeCow would wake up later!

The next morning...
"Oh no! I'm late for school!" exclaimed AnimeCow as he put a piece of toast in his mouth.

And in the present, Dark Sephiroth Goku The Stampede was laying waste to the school, despite the best efforts of Goku, Piccillo, Alphonse Elric and Batman, who joined the battle while Arcanon was remembering stuff.

TO BE CONTINUED!